opposed piston

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• Opposed-piston engine — This article is about existing engine designs. For the quite different concept proposed by Frank Stelzer, see Stelzer engine. Fairbanks Morse opposed piston diesel engines on the submarine USS Pampanito An opposed piston engine is a reciprocating …   Wikipedia

• Opposed piston engine — An opposed piston engine is one in which the cylinders are double ended, with a piston at each end and no cylinder head.ConfigurationsSome variations of the Opposed Piston or OP designs use a single crankshaft like the Doxford ship enginesCite… …   Wikipedia

• opposed-piston engine — /euh pohzd pis teuhn/ a reciprocating engine, as a diesel engine, in which each cylinder has two pistons that move simultaneously away from or toward the center. Also called opposed engine. [1965 70] * * * …   Universalium

• opposed-piston engine — /euh pohzd pis teuhn/ a reciprocating engine, as a diesel engine, in which each cylinder has two pistons that move simultaneously away from or toward the center. Also called opposed engine. [1965 70] …   Useful english dictionary

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• Opposed four engines — The term opposed four engine may refer to: a flat 4 engine, with two pairs of cylinders diametrically opposed to each other on either side of a common crankshaft a four cylinder H engine in which two flat twin engines are coupled together, one… …   Wikipedia

• Soviet opposed-piston 2-10-4 — Built in 1923, this was one of a number of Soviet locomotive designs that was very successful. The cylinders were placed above the center driving axle. Unlike nearly all steam locomotives, the pistons had rods on both ends which transferred power …   Wikipedia

• Piston (music) — The Piston: A Modern Baroque Oboe from Brittany= Breton musician, teacher, and luthier Youenn Le Bihan invented the pistõn in 1983 [ [http://www.skopavel.com SKOPAVEL Youenn Le Bihan Stéphane Morvan ] ] . The piston is a contemporary development… …   Wikipedia

• Swing-piston engine — A swing piston engine is a type of internal combustion engine in which the pistons move in a circular motion inside a ring shaped cylinder , moving closer and further from each other to provide compression and expansion. Generally two sets of… …   Wikipedia

• Free-piston engine — The free piston engine is a linear, crankless combustion engine, in which the piston motion is not controlled by a crankshaft but determined by the interaction of forces from the combustion cylinder gases, a rebound device and a load device.The… …   Wikipedia

• Diesel engine — Diesel engines in a museum Diesel generator on an oil tanker …   Wikipedia